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Readit News0rdinal commented on Trenchant Boss Charged with Seeking to Sell Secrets in Russia bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/0rdinal
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Couldn’t the submission to the Debian be possible only under real identities so that people take responsibility for what they submit?
A random person or group nobody has ever seen or knows submitted a backdoor.
1. How could Debian effectively verify an identity?
2. Some people may want to remain pseudonymous for legitimate reasons.
Not sure Microsoft realizes the damage they're doing to the Windows brand. My first experience with Windows 11 was figuring out some dumb workaround to use a local account.
When I think back to Windows 7, the good feeling isn't nostalgia. It was the last user-focused Windows.
Maybe someone will develop a new user-focused OS that's somehow compatible with Windows programs. Or better yet, maybe Microsoft will realize very important parts of Windows are going downhill and remember what made Windows great.
Their reputation is irrelevant, at least whilst they maintain an OS monopoly. Enterprise customers don't care because all the issues you described are not present on Enterprise editions. The vast majority of users want a machine that "just works".
I would never use a machine running Windows 11 S mode whilst a good chunk of the home PC market would likely not notice a difference.
The best thing to happen to Linux Desktop is Windows 11, with perfect timing too as modern Linux has been a joy to use as a daily driver.
Normally I'd be unhappy when a sleazy corp forces me to give up on 25 years of muscle memory of using my preferred OS, but I'm thankful they gave me the push I needed to rip off the ad/spyware laced Windows Band-Aid that I only need to do once in my life.
It's been over a year since I switched to Linux which has been a breath of fresh-air, all my dev tools work natively, the console is far superior and I'm still able to play all my favorite Steam games.
Best of all I'm not reminded daily that I'm using an OS that works against my best interests, I can actually use an App Store again that's been designed for the benefit of its Users, imagine that.
I daily drive Ubuntu, the user experience is comparable (in many cases better) to Windows 11. The only sticking point for me is display drivers. HDR on Wayland is barely functional (in my experience), and getting things like hardware accelerated AV1 encoding, full Vulkan API support etc to work has been extremely difficult. Every time I login using a Wayland desktop, only my main monitor is detected and it defaults to 60hz. I have to go through a whole process of unplugging the "undetected" monitors and plugging them back in. X11 doesn't suffer from this, but of course does not support HDR.
Yes, this is almost entirely Nvidia's fault, and yes I should know better than to use NV graphics cards on Linux distros; but frankly, the barrier to entry should not be having to replace an expensive piece of hardware to achieve feature parity. (Obligatory "Nvidia, f*k you!")
0rdinal commented on There is a huge pool of exceptional junior engineers workweave.dev/blog/hiring... · Posted by u/mooreds
Author here, great to see all the conversation & thoughts you all have shared so far!
One thing I've seen a lot of people saying: hiring juniors isn't worth it because they'll just leave for more money in a couple years.
I got hired with 0 experience for my first job and stayed for 3.5 years (I left when I decided to start my own company). I was otherwise never tempted to leave because I got all the support and growth opportunities I could have hoped for, and I always felt fairly compensated.
So based on my own experience, it's possible for a company to treat people well enough that they won't just leave. I do think software companies tend to be bad at this specific thing though - I'd imagine many have had an experience unlike my own.
From my experience, junior's tend to churn out after around three years. There are often factors that go beyond whether they felt they were treated well. Looking at it holistically, younger people tend to want to move around more. It is no surprise to me that the average tenure of a junior employee is about the same length as a degree - separating life stages in to 1-3 year periods is a mindset embedded into young people throughout their education.
I would wager that perception plays heavily into this too. It can be difficult to shake a perception of "being a junior", especially when the path to seniority is unclear or poorly defined. Plus, the "two years and disappear" ethos of job hopping for quicker compensation capitalises on companies' conservative promotion criteria (and more liberal hiring criteria). Loyalty is rarely rewarded in these cases.
0rdinal commented on UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation nationalgrid.com/national... · Posted by u/zeristor
Does the UK not have an option for hourly-pricing? That's usually where as a consumer you can have the most gains. In the summer, with solar panels, my energy bill is negative (in The Netherlands)
Some suppliers (e.g., Octopus Energy) offer half-hourly tariffs whose rates track the day-ahead wholesale market and are published daily. Prices usually fall when supply is abundant (e.g., windy/sunny periods)
Day ahead pricing: https://agileprices.co.uk/ National grid supply/demand and energy mix: https://grid.iamkate.com/